The effects of plantar-flexor static stretching on perturbation recovery in the elderly
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چکیده
Background It is important to improve the routine ADL(activities of daily living) in the elderly and then diverse and various therapeutic interventions or exercises are applied for the therapy. Generally, to increase the efficiency of the exercise and prevent the injury, the stretching is commonly used [1]. Indeed, there are many case that the elderly complain of the difficulties to control the balance after the stretching [2,3]. However, previous studies about the effects of stretching after or during the stretching have focused mainly on the histological or neurological changes and there are few studies that focused on the temporary balance control in the elderly [4,5]. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the perturbation recovery of five minutes of plantar-flexor static stretching (PSS) in the elderly.
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